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Bobski · 12-06-06, 08:57 PM

On my previous car, I had a alloy serge tank mounted in the boot and the car had a heavy smell of fuel inside. After checking and rechecking all the fuel lines and connections, couldn't find where the smell was comming from. Spoke to a few people about the proplem, and one sugested that it may be the alloy tank itself. He said that fuel vapors can actually leack through the alloy and by painting it, the smell would go.
So I did just that, I painted the surge tank and the smell was gone (maybe thats why race cars always smell on fuel).
So the problem could be our tanks themselves? Just a thought.

Bob.

12-06-06, 08:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bobski Bobski A Tenth Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: RF GT40, MKII, #134 Posts: 140 Rep Power: 4	Re: Curious smell of gas..... On my previous car, I had a alloy serge tank mounted in the boot and the car had a heavy smell of fuel inside. After checking and rechecking all the fuel lines and connections, couldn't find where the smell was comming from. Spoke to a few people about the proplem, and one sugested that it may be the alloy tank itself. He said that fuel vapors can actually leack through the alloy and by painting it, the smell would go. So I did just that, I painted the surge tank and the smell was gone (maybe thats why race cars always smell on fuel). So the problem could be our tanks themselves? Just a thought. Bob.